Floor plate



Dec. 31, 1929. w. N. VANCE 1,741,487

FLOOR PLATE Filed March 22, 1928 UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER N.VANCE, OF CHICAGO I-IEIG MENTS, TO LYON METAL PRODUCTS, I

PORATION OF ILLINOIS This invention HTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGN- NCORIORATED, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A COH- FLOOR PLATE Applicationfiled March 22, 1928. Serial No. 263,936.

relates to floor plates, and

has more particularly reference to floor plates which are adapted foruse in leveling articles of furniture, such as lockers and the like, 5which have angle It is the principal object of this invention to providefloor plates which may be readily built up into compact stack Anotherobject iron legs.

form. is to provide such floor plates which are adapted to be used inleveling up articles of furniture that have angle iron lugs, whereby thestacking lugs on the floor plates serve as holding lugs for the legs.

Numerous other objects and the invention will be understood fromadvantages of apparent as 1t is better the following description,

which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing bodimentthereof.

Referring now F1 gure 1 1s a pl bodying my invention,

, discloses a preferred emto the drawing, an view of a floor plateemdotted lines showing of angle iron legs with re- Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of a built-up stack of such floor plate Fi g. 3 is across-sectional view taken along the line 33 of Fig.

tu ral details and Fig. 1 is a view similar 1, showing certain structoFig. 1, dotted lines showing the position of iron legs with respect tothe lugs when two articles rest on the same plate.

Heretofore floo bodying lugs for r plates similar to that emmy inventionhave been used but the holding the legs of furniture were of the samesize or larger than the recesses produced in pressing the metal toprovlde the lugs. stack This caused if more than one plate wasnecessary.

difficulty in building up a A floor plate embodying my inventioncomprises a body 11 of sheet metal having holes 12 punched therethroughfor the purpose of securing said plat of progecting but e to the floorand a plurality tens or lugs 3.3 underneath the plate relative to theposition of the angle irons, a double thickness of iron may be insertedbetween two ldJiLCBllt lugs to accom-' l modate two angle irons, wherebytwo articles may be supported upon the same plate.

It is to be noted that a lug 13 has a diameter smaller than that of therecess 14 beneath it, and that the depth of the recess is the same orslightly greater than the thickness of the lug,

as shown in Fig. 3. This feature permits the stacking of the plates insuch a way that a practically solid steady stack is obtained with notendency of the individual members to shift or to lie at an angle to theothers. Such lugs and recesses may readily be formed by embossing.

It is thought that this invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description, and it will beapparent that many changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages, the formhereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A metal floor plate adapted for use in leveling articles offurniture, comprising a substantially flat body, said body having aplurality of embossed lugs upon one face, said lugs being spaced apartalong the arc of a circle, and a plurality of recesses on the otherface, said recesses being immediately beneath said lugs and havinginterior dimensions greater than the exterior dimensions of said Anexample of such a leg in adaptd to receive and engage said lugs onanother plate.

2. A floor plate adapted for use in leveling articles of furniture,comprising a substantially flat body, said body having a plurality ofembossed lugs extending up from its upper face to engage the leg of anarticle of furniture being leveled, and havinga plurality of recessesbeneath said lugs of larger diamefer than the diameter of said lugs,whereby said recesses of one plate are adapted to re ceive lugs onanother plate.

WALTER N. VANCE.

